Tuning:(low to high) C-G-C-F-A-D (Drop D + 1 Full Step Down)
Words and Music by System of a Down
Song: Deer Dance
CD: Toxicity
Transcribed by Josh Guittard
Notes: I had this song tabbed out before but i left the 'solo' the way i had it tabbed when i was playing it dropped d, sorry folks. It should be totally correct now so enjoy.
Legend:
ex: 5*= harmonic
PM---------|= Palm Mute
Intro/Chorus 1
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||o-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--o||
||--1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1---||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
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|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--||
|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--||
Verse 1 and 2
3x
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||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------o||
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||------------------|--------5*-----|-----------------|--------5*------||
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||--5/--8--3/--7--|-1/--5--------|-5/--8--3/--7--|-1/--5---------||
Pre-Chorus 1 and 2 _
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------| |
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||--5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-|-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |
| 2x
slight distortion |
PM-----------------------------------------------| |
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|| |
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------o|| |
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|| |
|---------------------------------|------------------5*----------|| |
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------o|| |
|-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-|-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5--------------|| _|
distorted (same as the rest of the song)
chorus again
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||o----------------|----------------o||
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||o-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--o||
||--1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1---||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
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|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--||
|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--||
Shavo does his deal, pretty much all through the ?solo?, I couldn?t tell you exactly what it was though.
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Note: there are two guitar parts in this ?solo?, I just tabbed the
one that I liked more???
Guitar Solo
PM-------------8x------|-----------------------------|
? _
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||o---13-12------14-13-12---|-13-13-13-12---13(3x)-12-----| |
||---------12------------12-|------------12----------12---| |
||-----------14-------------|--------------------------14-| |
||o-------------------------|-----------------------------| |
||--------------------------|-----------------------------| |
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PM ------------------------------| |2x
|-----------------------------------12-13-12--|| |
|--9-9-9-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12----------o|| |
|---------------------------------------------|| |
|---------------------------------------------|| |
|--------------------------------------------o|| |
|---------------------------------------------|| |
_|
(then this junk)
|------repeat 6x------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-13-12---13-12---13-12--------13-12-|---13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-|
|------12------12------12----12------|---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------14---------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
Serj sings a bit here?
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chorus yet again
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||o-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--o||
||--1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1---||
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|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|
|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|
The ending? Same as chorus, as you can see, just a different rhythm but if youve listened to the song, you know this.
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||o-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1---o||
||--1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1----||
Ta Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! You have just finished playing Deer Dance. I hope this is acceptable to you, if not, email me @: woccixelsyd@hotmail.com so i can have some hate mail.
In case you want it, here?s a map:
Intro (a.k.a. chorus)
Verses 1 and 2
Then pre-choruses
Back to the chorus
Then verses 1 & 2 again
And the pre-choruses again
Back to the chorus
Then the ?solo?
Next is the chorus again?
And finally! The outro.
